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Portland, Oregon
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The recently retired Senate Committee on Indian Affairs staff director
Patricia Zell and James M. Sizemore chief financial officer for
the Native American Services Division of Strategic Wealth will be
among the several honorees recognized by the Spirit of the Salmon
Fund at this year’s annual Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Gala for their tireless
efforts and contributions to salmon.
“The Spirit of the Salmon Awards ceremony provides us with
the opportunity to highlight the important work and commitment of
individuals who are often behind the scenes but are truly influential
in the effort to protect salmon and educate the public on the importance
of the Columbia River salmon,” said Olney Patt, Jr. Executive
Director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
The 5th Annual Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Gala will take place on May 21,
2005 at the Governor Hotel in Portland Oregon. Tickets are still
available and can be purchased online at www.wykanushpum.org or
by calling (503) 238-3555. Other events during the Gala will include
live entertainment and a fundraising art auction. All proceeds from
the event will benefit the ongoing Columbia River salmon restoration
and preservation programs of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission.
The awards to be presented at this year’s event are:
- Partnership Award - For outstanding efforts
to create rich partnerships in the pursuit of salmon restoration.
Honoree: Wood’s Landing Preservation Project, a partnership
between the Erskine B. Wood Family, Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife, Columbia Land Trust, City of Vancouver, and Columbia
Springs Environmental Education Center.
- Wy·Kan·Ush Award – For
laboring tenaciously and resolutely against the current to ensure
the survival of salmon for future generations.
Honoree: Patricia Zell, Former Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
minority Staff Director
- Leadership Award – For providing
leadership while making progress and overcoming insurmountable
obstacles that would bar the way to one less bold.
Honoree: James M. Sizemore, chief financial officer, Native American
Services Division of Strategic Wealth, Inc
- Hall of Fame Award - For exceptional commitment
to put fish back in the rivers and protect the watersheds where
they live.
Honorees: Ipsusnute V, Nez Perce; Bill Yallup, Sr. Yakama, Delbert
Frank, Sr. Warm Springs; and Mike Farrow, Umatilla
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About CRITFC
The Portland-based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is
the technical support and coordinating agency for fishery management
policies of the Columbia River Basin's four treaty tribes: the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the Nez Perce Tribe.
CRITFC, formed in 1977, employs biologists, other scientists, public
information specialists, policy analysts and administrators who work
in fisheries research and analyses, advocacy, planning and coordination,
harvest control and law enforcement. |
